The members of the Black Voice were forcibly arrested for their role in organizing what became a large-scale student strike of local schools.
[1] When many of the members of the D.C. Black Panthers chapter went to California to work on the mayoral and City Council campaigns of Bobby Seale and Elaine Brown in 1973, Touré and her husband stayed behind in D.C.
She wrote anti-sexual assault curricula for students, spoke widely, worked on their rape crisis hotline, and appeared regularly in the media.
[5] ICAW was the primary source providing information, support, and encouragement to African American women to organize delegations and attend the "Herstoric" conference.
Also at WPFW, Touré served as the Executive Producer of Sophie's Parlor, the oldest women's music and politics collective in the United States.
[9] Touré has received numerous awards for her ongoing hard work and commitment to human rights and justice for women of color in the D.C. area and worldwide.